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Holds up a picture with a bullet wound through trayvons heart, talked about his heart. if theres any strength to the prosecution case, jake, its that these jurors may say, yeah, it could have been self-defense but ultimately were all mothers or were pet owners and the child died here. what is this case really about? a child who died and we have to hold someone responsible. so i thought guy of all the prosecutor was the most effective. far more effective than bernie de la rionda yesterday. >> tom...

>> thats cement. that is a sidewalk. and that is not an unarmed teen-ager with nothing but skittles trying to get home. that was somebody who used the availability of dangerous items from his fist to the concrete to cause great bodily injury. not that it was necessary for self-defense but great bodily injury against george zimmerman. and the discussion by the state that thats not a weapon, that that cant hurt somebody that, that cant cause great bodily injury is disgusting. >> the prosecutor joh...

This is cnn news room. im suzanne malveaux. its judgment day for george zimmerman. the court has recessed moments ago. theyre in a lunch break. when the jurors return the judge will give them their instructions. after that the wait is on as the six-woman jury decides zimmermans fate for the shooting death of unarmed teenager of trayvon martin. well take you live back to that sanford, florida courtroom. attorneys from both sides delivered their final arguments. you had lead defense attorney mark ...

Everything necessary you just want to go kill somebody because you hate him. please please get an officer over here. let me know if he does anything. twice. it makes sense. i think probably what they are supposed to ask -- and then the person hearing that says, okay, or does something to ... mr. rae la rionda and john guy say it their way.

Before i get to reasonable doubt, let me go through a couple of things in the time i have remaining that the defense meant to you. he said innocent itself is no protection. exactly. it wasnt for trayvon martin. he said he could have gone home. the guy could have gone home, i guess, it seems. why didnt he go home? use your common sense. did he really want to take this guy home with him to the residence where the only person there was 12-year-old chad joseph? did he really want to lead the defenda...

Listen, you cannot come to -- do not use your common sense. do not connect the dots. what you have to do is weigh all the evidence. the evidence only. then john guy comes back and says, listen, use your common sense. brianna, something im sure you can -- youll want to weigh on here as well. some of the things were very powerful. he said it was every childs fear that what trayvon martin experienced. to be followed. then when he said trayvon martin is is not a cardboard cut-out. talking about the ...

Type of personality. i was one of those prosecutors that was probably a little more like bernie, but i think mark and jeff are right, you have to be who you are. i do think that it came across a little professorial, perhaps a little slow, not that exciting. but when youre defending someone thats accused of violence and accused of killing someone, perhaps that is tactical, perhaps you dont want to be this fiery, aggressive person. answered think bernie could have put off some of the women because...

>> because the defense of pointing out that the prosecution has never laid out precisely how this crime unfolded, who was on top first, who was the aggressor throughout this fight, when did the at are case between these two begin. and what i thought mark omara did so successfully, particularly in that part of the summation, was to say, look, you cant convict someone if the prosecution is saying, well, it might have happened this way and could have happened that way. that was very effective becau...

Been clear to express our trust in the judicial system. a jury of ones peers is the hall mark of our countrys judicial system. the american justice system is the finest in the world. georges fate is now in the hands of jury, who will make their decision based on the evidence and the facts of case. as we await a verdict we will remain holeful and ask for a public to remain peaceful, no matter what the outcome. we hope now as americans that we will all respect the rule of law, which means respecti...

Bring it home. he did his job brilliantly. i dont think ive ever seen one quite that good. >> ill play another clip and, jeffrey, listen to this because i want you to explain what was going on here. this is near the end of the prosecutor john guys rebuttal, if you will, to what we heard from mark oma omara, the defen attorney, earlier in the day. >> this case is not about race. its about right and wrong. its that simple. and let me suggest to you how you know that for sure. ask yourselves all th...